Census town · Angul district
Budhapanka
Budhapanka is a census town: a place the census counts as urban (5,000+ people, at least three-quarters of male main workers outside farming, 400+ people per km²) but which has no municipal body and is governed as part of a gram panchayat, in Angul district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 6,129 people in 1,265 households.
- Population (2011)
- 6,129
- Literacy
- 79.4%
- Area
- 12.19 km²
- Sub-district
- Banarpal
- Census town code
- 404192
People and work in Budhapanka
- Population
- 6,129
- 3,162 male · 2,967 female
- Households
- 1,265
- about 4.8 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 79.4%
- men 88.9% · women 69.5%below urban Angul (86.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 938
- above urban Angul (889)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 735
- People per km²
- 503
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,225 (20.0%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 615 (10.0%)
What the 1,888 workers did
- Cultivators98 (5.2%)
- Agricultural labourers29 (1.5%)
- Household industry64 (3.4%)
- Other work1,461 (77.4%)
- Marginal workers236 (12.5%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Place and climate
- Area
- 12.19 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Banarpal
- Annual rainfall
- 1,318.4 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 44°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 136 km by road
- District headquarters
- Anugul, 16 km
- Nearest railway station
- Budhapank (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 107 km
- Roads
- 2 km pucca, 6 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Angul, 16 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 295
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook: Village and Town Directory (Odisha). The facilities were recorded for the 2011 census (reference year 2009 for most items); many places have changed since.
Other towns in Angul
- Anugul
- Talcher
- Nalco
- Dera Colliery Township
- Ghantapada
- Athmallik
- Gotamara
- Kandasar (Part)
- Rengali Damproject Township
- Nuahata
- Palalahada
- Jorada (Bada)
- Kulad (Part)
- Danara
- T.T.P.S. Township
- Tipo
- F.C.I. Township
See also: Banarpal sub-district · People of Angul district
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